June 13, 2024 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company, today announced that Luna Space Telecommunications Co. Ltd., a leading Saudi Arabia service provider under the Skyband Holding company, has purchased a JUPITER™ System Gateway as well as 1,200 Hughes JUPITER Terminals to transform its VSAT network. Leveraging the latest JUPITER technology, Skyband…
June 11, 2024 – Hughes Europe, a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, LLC, announces its strategic expansion into the Military, Defence, and Government sectors across pan-European nations. Troy Truman has joined Hughes and will act as the head of this initiative. The initiative will meet the increasing demand for high-speed connectivity and the growing security…
June 10, 2024 – Infostellar, a Japan-based Ground-Segment-as-a-Service (GSaaS) provider, is pleased to announce that it will deploy a network of Infostellar-owned antennas focused on serving its global clients’ interests in the Asia Pacific Region. Benefitting from Infostellar’s cloud-based ground station control platform, StellarStation, the APAC ground station network is being rolled out in locations…
June 10, 2024 – Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider announced today that it has contracted Airbus Defence and Space, a leading satellite manufacturer, for its new geostationary telecommunications satellites, Al Yah 4 (“AY4”) and Al Yah 5 (“AY5”). The significant step follows the signing of an Authorisation-to-Proceed…
June 5, 2024 – Speedcast, a leading communications and IT services provider, hosted an inaugural event today to celebrate the new purpose-built teleport facility in Cali, Colombia that now serves as the ground infrastructure gateway in Latin America for Eutelsat OneWeb. Speedcast secured a long-term agreement with Eutelsat OneWeb to develop and operate the facility,…
June 5, 2024 – SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, today announced the successful demonstration of the first multi-orbit, multi-band commercial space relay service in support of the NASA Communications Services Project (CSP). To demonstrate data relay services, SES Space & Defense partnered with Planet Labs (Planet), the leading provider of global…
June 3, 2024 – SES, a world-leading satellite operator, and UZ-SAT, the Republic of Uzbekistan’s pioneering National Broadband Satellite Service Provider, are signing an agreement to deliver unparalleled connectivity services throughout Uzbekistan via SES’s GEO satellite, NSS-12. This collaboration aims to support mobile backhaul services across the nation. Under this agreement, UZ-SAT will leverage SES’…
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June 1, 2024 – Sateliot will launch four satellites from its 5G-IoT constellation on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 mission. The launch is scheduled for July, and the satellites will fly aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA. The company, which is deploying the first low-Earth orbit satellite constellation with 5G standards…
May 29, 2024 – SES announced that it has reached agreements-in-principle with several regional satellite network operators to launch the SES Open Orbits™ Inflight Connectivity (IFC) Network to enable seamless connectivity services to airlines around the world. This fully interoperable Ka-band platform will combine the geostationary earth orbit (GEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite…
May 28, 2024 – Intelsat is the first foreign GEO satellite operator licensed to sell products in the Philippines. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of the Philippines granted a Satellite Service Providers and Operators (SPPOs) license allowing Intelsat to provide satellite access and backhaul solutions to mobile network operators, telecommunications carriers and…
May 28, 2024 – ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, and PT. Bis Data Indonesia, a network and satellite-based internet service provider, are partnering to deploy a next-generation hub infrastructure for the Indonesian government-owned Satria-1 satellite. The implementation is part of the country’s initiative to enable connectivity to thousands of public facilities…
May 28, 2024 – Intelsat was selected by Japan Airlines to provide multi-orbit inflight connectivity service on more than 20 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to be delivered in the coming years. The airline will become one of the first in the Asia-Pacific region to offer reliable, multi-orbit service using Intelsat’s new electronically steered array (ESA)…
May 28, 2024 – KT SAT, Korea’s national satellite communications services provider, and Rivada Space Networks have signed an MoU to provide next-generation connectivity for Enterprise and Government customers, enabling expansion in Asia Pacific and beyond. KT SAT will deploy Rivada’s outernet, a unique space-based network in low earth orbit, to provide ultra-secure connectivity to…
May 23, 2024 – The neXat platform will be used by major operator Arabsat to manage its hubs with minimal human intervention, reducing operational costs and unlocking the delivery of new services. Arabsat has signed a deal with satellite services and technology provider neXat to be able to manage various hubs in a single application…
May 23, 2024 – Eutelsat Group has extended its partnership with InterSAT one of Africa’s leading satellite service providers to support InterSAT’s growth in the Pan-African enterprise and retail segments. Under the latest multi-year strategic deal, InterSAT will add Ku-Band capacity over Central and Eastern Africa on Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 70B satellite to its current portfolio…
May 23, 2024 – Intelsat will deliver years of additional reliable broadband, video distribution and mobile satellite service to customers across three continents thanks to the success of Northrop Grumman’s innovative Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) that will ultimately provide an expected additional nine years of life to the Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) geosynchronous satellite. Geosynchronous Earth…
May 23, 2024 – Viasat announced it is working with Azercosmos to bring its highly reliable L-band satellite services to Azerbaijan and beyond. Under the proposed arrangement, Azercosmos and Viasat will provide connectivity for a range of industrial applications to help organizations operate more efficiently, sustainably, or safely – even in the most remote locations.…